Lou Dobbs Bashes 'Arrietty' and 'The Lorax' as a Liberal Conspiracy

Fox Business Network anchor Lou Dobbs recently accused the upcoming movie, The Secret World of Arrietty, which is based on the Mary Norton book, The Borrowers, as well as The Lorax, based on a book by Dr. Suess, as tools by the liberal media to indoctrinate children. These films, he said, “plainly demoniz[es] the so-called 1% and espous[es] green-energy policies, come what may.”

Although it is not surprising that Dobbs would accuse Hollywood of a liberal conspiracy, it is surprising, however, that he would choose these two upcoming movies to bash.

First, The Secret World of Arrietty was made in Japan by the famed Studio Ghibli and based on a book by Mary Norton, who was English. In fact, calling this movie a Hollywood conspiracy is inaccurate, considering the fact that Hollywood had absolutely nothing to do with the making of this movie.

Oh, and as for The Lorax's anti-business message: in the film, the Once-ler depletes his stock of Truffula trees. In other words, this movie broadcasts that breaking your supply chain can break your business. Replanting trees, in fact, makes good economic sense.

I've just had a thought: there actually is a conspiracy behind those children’s movies….to sell toys.

An alumna of Clarion West Writer’s Workshop for science fiction and fantasy, I’ve written for markets like The New York Times and Time Out New York. Currently, I write about sci-fi for Blastr. I also edit the humor competition for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fictio...